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enAS YOU WISH, the top classical music stories in Rochester in 2010http://interactive.wxxi.org/blogpost/you-wish-top-classical-music-stories-rochester-2010
<p>Let’s recall the top classical music news stories in 2010 in Rochester, New York, with a nod to the Rob Reiner film, The Princess Bride.</p><p>NOT UNEMPLOYED IN GREENLAND &nbsp; &nbsp; RPO Music Director Christopher Seaman announced his retirement at end of the 2010-2011 season.&nbsp; Norwegian conductor Arild Remmeriet will step up as RPO’s new music director in 2011. Glimmerglass Opera announced that Francesca Zambello will be new executive director in 2011.</p><p>MUCH NICER THAN THE FIRE SWAMP&nbsp;&nbsp; Eastman School of Music opened a new wing with dramatic atrium, recital hall, rehearsal spaces, and eye-popping hanging glass sculpture.</p><p>INCONCEIVABLE! &nbsp; Rochester entrepreneur Tim Enright launched Virtuoso Television, or VTV, an internet service for musicians to record and store music lessons online for reference in future practice sessions.</p><p>HELLO, MY NAME IS “GIBBS AND MAIN”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rochester chamber ensemble Quartsemble changed moniker.</p><p>NEVER GO AGAINST A STRING PLAYER WHEN DEATH IS ON THE LINE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RPO principal violist Melissa Matson stepped on needle, performed Harold in Italy with injured foot. RPO principal cellist Stefan Reuss fell and injured ribs and wrist, missing first few weeks of concert season.</p><p>A GREAT GIFT FOR RHYME&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Baritone Jonathan Beyer earned Rochester Oratorio Society’s annual Classical Idol top prize with compelling performance of aria from "Nixon on China." Composer Cary Ratcliff gets oratorio "Ode to Common Things" published. Composer Amanda Jacobs won national award for "Mass for the Living."</p><p>HER APPEAL IS UNDENIABLE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Soprano Renee Fleming released “Dark Hope,” a collection of pop covers of songs by groups such as Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie and Leonard Cohen. Rochester chamber choir Madrigalia premiered new work by Libby Larsen; Larsen visits.</p><p>NO ONE WITHSTANDS THE MACHINE&nbsp; Michael Daughtery piano concerto, “Deus Ex Machina” co-commissioned by the RPO, earned 2010 Grammy nomination.&nbsp; The Eastman's Ying Quartet was also nominated for a Grammy.</p><p>ANYBODY WANT A PEANUT?&nbsp;&nbsp; Several Western New York public schools named “Best Communities for Music Education” in the United States by the non-profit NAMM Foundation; Albion Central School District, Brighton, Leroy, Pittsford, Royalton-Hartland Central School District, Rush-Henrietta, Webster, West Irondequoit.</p><p>Congratulations and Happy New Year!</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://interactive.wxxi.org/blogpost/you-wish-top-classical-music-stories-rochester-2010" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://interactive.wxxi.org/blogpost/you-wish-top-classical-music-stories-rochester-2010#commentsClassicalArts and CultureMusicClassical 91.5Amanda JacobsArild RemmereitCary RatcliffChristopher SeamanEastman SchoolFrancesca ZambelloGibbs and MainGlimmerglass OperaLibby LarsenMadrigaliaRenee FlemingRPOTim EnrightClassical 91.5Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:12:08 +0000Brenda Tremblay63978 at http://interactive.wxxi.orgSkitty's Arts Round-uphttp://interactive.wxxi.org/blogpost/skittys-arts-round
<p><span class="inline inline-right"><a href="/content/skitty-1"><img src="http://interactive.wxxi.org/sites/default/files/images/Winter album 172.medium.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-medium " width="250" height="199" /></a></span>Blogger-pianist Jeremy Denk imagines <a href="http://jeremydenk.net/blog/">conversing with Sarah Palin about Beethoven&rsquo;s &ldquo;Hammerklavier&rdquo; Sonata.</a><span style="">&nbsp; <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/19/classicalmusicandopera-usnationalsecurity">Composer John Adams says he'</a>s been blacklisted.&nbsp; </span><a href="http://www.madrigalia.org/madcal.htm">Madrigalia</a> is commissioning American composer Libby Larsen to write a new work to be premiered in Rochester next season.&nbsp; Musicians had high praise for the Eastman Wind Ensemble&rsquo;s<a href="http://www.esm.rochester.edu/ewe/manhattan_music.php"> soon-to-be released CD</a> at a listening party in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:city> this week.<span style="">&nbsp; Skitty is looking exceptionally fluffy as we head into a cold spell, </span>and a <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dubai</st1:place></st1:city> radio station <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2008/10/23/virgin-dubai-fires-dj.html">fired a DJ for impersonating God</a> on the air on Monday morning.</p><div class="image-clear"></div><p><a href="http://interactive.wxxi.org/blogpost/skittys-arts-round" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://interactive.wxxi.org/blogpost/skittys-arts-round#commentsEastman Wind EnsembleJeremy DenkJohn AdamsLibby LarsenMadrigaliaSarah PalinSkittyFri, 24 Oct 2008 11:57:24 +0000Brenda Tremblay1325 at http://interactive.wxxi.org